dino

noun

di·​no ˈdī-(ˌ)nō How to pronounce dino (audio)
plural dinos

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Audiences love dinos, and this movie and its fresh, talented cast will rampage through the box office again. Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 3 Jan. 2025 Ants farmed fungus after dino demise Adding a discovery to this list that doesn’t directly involve dinosaurs might seem strange, but new findings about when ants began to farm fungus have added significant detail to the mass extinction that wiped out all the non-avian dinosaurs. Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Dec. 2024 This dino hoodie from Amazon is made from soft velvet and comes in sizes all the way up to XXL. Christopher Murray, Fox News, 11 Oct. 2024 But the cause of those dinos’ demise was likely much more mundane — collapsing animal burrows, according to a study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 5 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for dino 

Word History

First Known Use

1936, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of dino was in 1936

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“Dino.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dino. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.

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